Meet the Team

Our Board of Directors

The board of directors was established in 2020 and currently consists of two of our founders. The third board position is currently vacant and will be filled shortly. The board of directors are elected every year at the annual general meeting (AGM). Our enabling legislation allows up to five directors. Additional directors above five require an amendment to the company by-laws.

Ian B. McAvoy
Chairman & Director
Darron Craig
Secretary & Director

Our Team

Our veteran founders are equipped with extensive clean technology industry experience across the value chain. Identifying, designing, engineering, building strong teams and delivering solutions are key components our leadership team has industrialized from their extensive networks.

Ian B. McAvoy
Co-Founder & CEO
Darron Craig
Co-Founder & COO
Nima Evans
Co-Founder & CTO
Sean Puchalski
CCO
Geoff Crocker
Chief Battery Engineer
David Lokhorst
VP, Product
Karl Kailing
VP, Business Development
Kim Tram
Project Co-ordinator
Pashmeena Chandio
Business Analyst
Brynn Norwood
Product Research Analyst
Aleisha Silvera
Front-end Developer
Chris Qin
Back-end Developer
Dhairyakumar Chauhan
Business Analyst Intern

Our advisors

Our advisors have extensive knowledge and provide us with guidance in the clean tech, transportation and information technology industries. They assist in creating the short-term and long-term successes of Volterra.